The Package Included Murder: A Novel of Suspense Featuring the Honourable Constance Morrison-Burke by Porter, Joyce - 1976

Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1976. Hardbound . 1st U.S. Edition, 1st Printing. BINDING/CONDITION: purple binding; the endpapers have darkened slightly where they were in contact with the flaps, otherwise a Near Fine book, with a Very Good+ dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact. Dust jacket design and photograph by Fredrick Samperi. A novel of suspense and humor featuring the Honourable Constance Morrison-Burke. During a tour of factories and research labs in Russia, one of the group, ''the pulchritudinous Penelope Clough-Cooper'', is attacked no fewer than six times. The Hon. Con insists upon protecting Clough-Cooper day and night, much to the latter's dismay. In spite of her Jovian ways, the Hon. Con cannot prevent a murder that was bound to happen. Then she must show Superintendent Mellors that the least-likely victim was murdered by the most-likely villain. In addition to the mystery novels featuring the Hon. Con, Joyce Porter also created the characters of Eddie Brown and Wilfred Dover. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) 181 pages.